Denis

I’m just an ordinary Russian geek who likes space, science, games and literature.

[Blixbuller⚡ @Skysurfer77x]

#MondayMotivation with ☄️ #Neowise over Zürich 😊🖖

[Mac Rebisz / voyager212 / macspace.bsky.social @voyager212]

Keeping tradition alive, here's this year's artwork to celebrate #AsteroidDay 2024 🚀☄️

Sword of the Orion spaceship exploring planetoids in the Kuiper Belt.

[Mac Rebisz / voyager212 / macspace.bsky.social @voyager212]

And details :)

[ToughSF @ToughSf]

White Dwarf stars with atmospheres 'polluted' by rocks falling in from nearby planets allow us to determine the elemental composition of their system when it formed billions of years ago, and help solve the cosmological missing lithium problem:
https://t.co/rRFwjbjSgX

[E. Bottlaender @Bottlaeric]

Bonjour les orbitolundistes des nouvelles générations ! Cette nuit la fusée japonaise H-3 a réussi son 3è tir en 15 mois avec l'envoi du satellite d'observation ALOS-4 (radar) en orbite terrestre basse.

Un joli succès en 2024 après 2023 compliquée...

[Sam @ FreakZone Games 👁️ @FreakZoneGames]

Yes, this is real! I have teamed up with the amazing @ScandroidMusic / @celldweller and @wearebitbot to make this. We're just getting started!

This isn't the only thing I've got cooking. I've been a busy boy. FreakZone is back with a vengeance!😎

[celldweller @celldweller]

The upcoming @ScandroidMusic album will have the most in-depth world building I’ve ever created across any project. I’m excited to share part of that with you now —> @wearebitbot and @FreakZoneGames are announcing the development of ‘Scandroid: Lost Horizon’ the video game.

[ToughSF @ToughSf]

The Kliper spaceplane, a replacement for the Soyuz capsule that would carry 6 passengers to the ISS using an Angara-A3 or Zenit launcher.
#space #art by AEdwardBaker.
https://t.co/65Waag6I3C

[NASA Webb Telescope @NASAWebb]

Twin win: Webb discovered that WL 20S, long thought to be a star, is actually a pair of stars!

This image shows Webb & @ALMAObs data of the jets streaming from the twin stars’ poles (in blue/green) and the dusty disks around the stars (in pink): https://t.co/AwPQQJwN0M

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Pluto and the largest moon of Neptune might be siblings https://t.co/zmtUQfPbrd

[Phys.org @physorg_com]

New #theory broadens phase transition exploration @physrevlett @arxiv https://t.co/iAgoWG1qji

[John Schmit 🚀🌃🌌 @JRSchmit]

New

[mikusingularity 🚀🪐 @mikusingularity]

Kankoh-maru, a 1990s Japanese space tourism SSTO concept designed for 50 passengers.

The target was 1 million passengers a year at $20,000 per person, with mass production beginning in 2016.

https://t.co/SSrfUWQOZD
https://t.co/udtU4jHsa6

Could you imagine a 2-stage version?

[TheSpiritualMachines @TSM_band]

Thank you @MAGNETMagazine for premiering the video for @TSM_band first single “The Mirror and the Dancer” from the upcoming album Lockhearted.

[Tim Soret @timsoret]

The trajectory is clear. Atoms & Bits are becoming interchangeable.

[Nereide @Nereide]

We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth.

– William Anders (1933 - 7 June 2024), after the conclusion of the Apollo 8 mission.

These poignant words embody the meaning and the purpose of exploration.

Thanks. RIP 💔

Image: On 24 December 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission, astronaut William Anders (while in orbit around the Moon) photographed Earth peaking over the Moon’s horizon, giving us this iconic image dubbed Earthrise.

Public Domain

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

During the Mesolithic period, approximately 10,000 years ago and before the glacial maximum waned, Doggerland existed.

It was made of marshes, swamps, wooded valleys and hills, and most likely inhabited by humans, migrating wildlife: a seasonal hunting ground for people living there.

When the ice melted, sea levels began to rise, inundating vast areas of low-lying land. Doggerland, an expansive region that stretched from present-day Scotland to the Netherlands, succumbed to the encroaching waters.

Dogger Bank was the last section of land to resist as an island before submerging underwater. The area today is known among fishermen as a treasure trove of archaeological finds, offering glimpses into the lives of ancient inhabitants.

While rising sea levels played a significant role in Doggerland's submersion, a catastrophic event known as the Storegga Slide further altered its fate. A massive undersea landslide off the coast of Norway triggered a tsunami that inundated the low-lying plains, accelerating the demise of Doggerland.

Doggerland served as a crucial land bridge for early human populations, facilitating the movement of people and wildlife between Britain and the continent. This connectivity influenced the dispersal of cultures and the exchange of resources, shaping the prehistoric tapestry of Europe.

Over the years North Sea fishermen have found hand-made bone artifacts, textile fragments, paddles, dug-out canoes, fish traps, a 13,000-year-old human remain, a woolly mammoth skull and a skull fragment of a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal.

[📸Trevor Mahlmann🚀 @TrevorMahlmann]

Crew Flight Test lifts off with Butch Wilmore & Sunita Williams at the helm, viewed from one of my sound-activated cameras hunkered down just under 400ft away from Atlas V this morning in Florida🔥
I couldn’t be more excited for @ulalaunch, @BoeingSpace & @NASA 🚀👩🏻‍🚀🧑🏻‍🚀🇺🇸